Today’s Best Indie Books of 2012 SEMIFINALIST is Finding Maria by Jennifer Hatt, an ordinary man’s extraordinary quest. There is no magic, no fairy tale, just the power of love and the written word.
A Brief Synopsis of Finding Maria:
“The best answers in life are found at the bottom of a good cup of coffee,” his mother always said. Jack Brandugan believed the answers to his life were to be found in the person chosen for him to love. From the time he could crawl into the front seat of Aunt Georgie’s beloved Ford Fairlane, Jack searched for her, knowing not whom or what he sought until a popular movie made everything clear: just as the Von Trapps in The Sound of Music triumphed over war, sadness, and a broken home, so too could he, if he found his Maria. Through monastic life in rural Nova Scotia, military service in Vietnam, and finally marriage, he found her. Rose Marie. His Maria.
Then he lost her, or so he thought, until a corporate obligation links him with a writer that awakens his memory, resurrects his search, and illuminates the answers and feelings he has so fervently pursued. But, will Jack deny his future to protect the past, or will he choose the path untested, even if it means turning his carefully-tended life over to the chaos of a new beginning?
About the Author: